HEAGNEY v. WONG

No. 17-2033.

915 F.3d 805 (2019)

Scott L. HEAGNEY, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Lisa A. WONG; City of Fitchburg, Defendants, Appellants, Badgequest, Inc.; Stephan Unsworth, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

February 11, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard H. Kesten , with whom Judy A. Levenson , Deidre Brennan Regan , and Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten, LLP were on brief, for appellants.

Nicholas B. Carter , with whom Joseph M. Cacace and Todd & Weld LLP were on brief, for appellee.

Before Torruella, Thompson, and Barron, Circuit Judges.


This case concerns a suit that Scott Heagney, a past applicant for the position of the police chief of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, brought against the City of Fitchburg ("Fitchburg") and its mayor after the mayor decided not to nominate him for the job. The mayor made her decision after she discovered late in the hiring process...

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